ABS Labour Force Figures, unemployment rate decreased 0.4 points to 4.2%.

Welcome to the January edition of the MyHorizon News Bulletin.Our overview of the labour market provides the latest unemployment data from across the globe. We also include the Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence report, the ANZ Job Advertisement Series, ABS Job Vacancy data and the DEEWR report.

‍Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.4 points to 4.2%. The participation rate remained at 66.1%. Monthly hours worked increased by 18 million hours to 1,819 million hours. ↓

‍ABS unemployment data‍

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released January 7, the unemployment rate decreased 0.3 points to 3.9% ↓

‍USA unemployment data

‍‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released January 18, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 point to 4.1% ↓

‍UK unemployment data‍

‍New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released November 2, unemployment rate decreased 0.6 points in the third quarter to 3.4% ↓

‍NZ unemployment data‍

‍Germany: Destatis Germany, released January 4, unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 5.2% ↓

‍Germany unemployment data

‍France: Insee France, released November 19, unemployment rate increased 0.1 point in the third quarter to 8.1% ↑
France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released October 28, unemployment rate decreased 0.69 points in the third quarter to 14.57% ↓
Spain unemployment data

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence ANZ, Indonesia and China: The latest Roy Morgan consumer confidence in four Asian countries.

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report‍

‍Job Advertisements Series, released January 5, Job Ads fell 5.5% m/m in December following an upwardly revised 17/2% jump over the previous two months as Delta lockdowns eased.

‍Job Advertisements Series‍

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released January 202s, total job vacancies for the November 2021 quarter were 396,100, an increase of 18.5% from August 2021 ↑

‍ABS Job Vacancy data‍

‍DEEWR Report: Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment, released January 19.

‍Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment